West Bengal Class 10 and 12 board exam results will be delayed: Official

Results of the madhyamik or Class 10 board examination and uchha madhyamik or Class 12 examination will miss the original deadline of May 10 and May 16 respectively, an official of the West Bengal state education board has said.

Results of the madhyamik or Class 10 board examination and uchha madhyamik or Class 12 examination will miss the original deadline of May 10 and May 16 respectively, an official of the West Bengal state education board has said.

Results of the madhyamik or Class 10 board examination and uchha madhyamik or Class 12 examination will miss the original deadline of May 10 and May 16 respectively, an official of the West Bengal state education board has said. (PTI file)

The official, who did not wish to be named, said on Thursday the result for the Class 10 exams is expected to be out sometime between May 24 and May 30, that of Class 12 is likely to be declared between June 2 and June 6.

The results of both the exams will be available on the state school education department’s official website wb.allresultsnic.in. The results will also be uploaded on the respective websites of West Bengal Board of Secondary Examination (WBBSE) and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE).

The number of girls, who took the madhyamik or secondary and higher secondary or uchha madhyamik exams in the state, exceeded that of boys this year as in 2016.

West Bengal education minister Partha Chattopadhyay said the Kanyashree scheme, a pet project of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, has been instrumental in encouraging girls to continue their education.

The scheme encourages families to keep their daughters in school rather than marrying them off at an early age.

“Kanyashree has been a visionary idea by our chief minister, the positive impact of which can be felt in the sharp increase of female examinees in these two board examinations,” Chattopadhyay said.

Last year, the madhyamik pass percentage was 81.80 and that of uchha madhyamik was 81.33%.

“This year, the figure is expected to be somewhat same,” an official of the state education department said.